Tray binder



Feb. 23 1926. 1,573,935

C. R. HADLEY l T RAY BINDER Filed August 2 5, 1924 fo w UEIBHBEHEIIIIIIBIIEEEJG F185. l 35's .Il wfg/W Patented Feb. Z3, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. RADLEY, DECEASED, LATE OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA; BY FRANK D. BAR/NEILL AND PACIFIC SOUTHWEST TRUST 5 SAVINGS BANK, EXECUTORS, OF

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNORS TO CHARLES CQRPORATION.

R. HADLEY COMPANY, A

TRAY BINDER.

Application filed August 25, 1924. Serial No. 734,129.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that CHARLES R. HADLET, deceased, formerly residing in the city of Los Angeles, co-unty of Los Angeles, and State of California, has invented a new and useful Tray Binder, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to loose leaf binders of the so termed tray type, and an object of the invention is to provide for securely holding the loose leaves against displacement while at the same time facilitating reference to the leaves.

This invention is an improvement on the disclosure of the copending application for patent of Charles R. Hadley, filed August 29, 1923, Serial Number 659,905.

Objects of this invention distinguishing from the foregoing mentioned disclosure are to improve the means for holding the end members in different positions; to improve the means for forcing the end members toward one another to hold the loose leaves in closed position; and to pivot the guide rods and releasably secure said rods in different positions of adjustment so as to facilitate offsetting of the leaves and stuifing.

In the above mentioned former disclosure the screw is connected with the clamping members by a rigid connection, thus permitting of binding of the sliding block upon the rods along which the blocks slide. In the present instance there is provided a loose connection between the feed nuts and the sliding bloelrs so that such binding can- `not possibly occur.

he accompanying drawings illustrate l"the invention:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a ltray binder Constructed in accordance with the provisions of this invention. The parts are shown as they appear when the binder is closed.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation from the left of Fig. 1, ollsetting of some of the leaves being indicated in broken lines and the guides being indicated in one position in solid lines and in other positions in broken lines.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail on the line indicated by 3 3, Fig. 2.

v Fig.` 4 is a sectional elevation on the line f indicated by 4-4, Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail, partly in scction, of one of the pivotal connections between one of the guides and the support.

There is provided a flat support 11 having cross members 12 at its outer ends. The members 12 are preferably provided with cushioning feet 13 of rubber or other suitable non-metallic substan e, said feet being secured by uitablc means as, for example, screws ll, to the lower edges of the member 12. The upper face of the support 1l is grooved, as indicated at 15, the grooves running transversely of the support. The face 11 may be formed of corduroy, or other suitable material, and is adapted to engage the lower edges of the loose leaves a placed in the binde-r. Such material, in this instance extends over the side edges of the support as seen in Fig. 4.

l'he loose leavesV (t are placed between clamping members 1G which are adjustably mounted on the support. The adjustable mounting, .in this instance, is as follows: Each of the clamping members 1G has a block l? secured to it by suitable means, as s rews 18. The blocks 17 project through a slot extending longitudinally at the median line of the support. The central portion of each block 1T is provided with a central recess loosely engaged by a lug GO projecting from a nut 19, the threaded orllice of which is indicated at Qt). '.l`he bloc 17 are lnovided on opposite sides ot the oriliccs 2O with holes Q1 which slidably titrods 2"? extending in parallelism lengthwise of the support 1l below the level of the slot The rods are secured at their opposite ends by screws 23 to the members 12. @illy the screws 23 at one end of the support can be seen in the drawings because of the nature of the views, but both ends are alilre.

lwleans are provided for holding the blocks 1T at dilferent positions along the rods, said means operating to force one of the cla1nping members 16 toward the other to clamp the loose leaves therebetween. The means at present provided furthermore operate to simultaneously move the clamping members toward and from each other, and these means are constructed as follows:

Engaging the threaded orifices Q0 of the blocks 17 is a screw 25 rotatably mounted at its opposite ends in bearings 26 in the cross members l2. The screw is provided yat one lend with a threaded portion27 and at its opposite end with a threaded portion 23. One ot vthe threaded portions has lett-hand rthreads andthe other right-hand threads so that', when the screiuis turned in one direction it will cause the clamping members to approach one another and when turned in the opposite direction will cause the clamping members to travel away from one another. One end ot the screw 25 is provided with aA transversely extending pin Q9 adaptedl to be engaged by notches 30 of a detachable crank 3l, shown in Fig. l.

` rlhe blocks 17 are provided centrally above the recesses 59 with holes 32 through which extends a rod 33 that also passes through a hole 34 in one oi the cross members 12. The rod 33 is detachable from the support since it is screw-threaded at 3:" into the other cross member l2. The end ot the rod 33 that projects is preferably provided with a head 36 to facilitate turning and removal of. said rod.

The rod 33 projects through holes 3.? in ears 33 that constitute downwardly projecting portions ot index guides 39. The ears 33 project into the slot 53 and the rod 33 lies within the slot 58. The guides 39 may be provided with VVindex talos 40 containing index characters 4l'. f

Hingedly connected to the clamping members 16 are end members 43 which are provided to properly support the upper portions ot the loose leaves, either in the closed position illustrated in the drawings, or in open positions. The hingeis indicated at 44. Y

Each of the end members 43 is provided with'a pair of spaced ears 45 and between each pair ot ears is interposed a notched member 46 which is pivoted to the ears at 47. The notches 4S in each member 45 may be selectively brought into engagement with an abutment 49. The abutments 49 are each supported at their ends in spaced ears 50. The pairs oit ears 50 project from the respective clamping members 1G. The members 4G are provided with handles 5l for operating them.

Referring to Fig. 3, to open the binder, the member 46 will be swung upwardly to release it 'from the pin 49 and then the end member 43 will be swung downwardly and the appropriate notch 48 will be engaged with the pin 49, thus supporting the end member 43 in open position. ln this particular instance each member 46 is provided with three notches, the pin 49 engaging the lowermost notch when the end member 43 is vertical. or in closed position, the next higher notch being` engaged by the pin when Vthe end member'43 is open sutliciently far for removing and replacing the loose leaves as is necessary in bookkeeping operations,

Vbriefly described as follows:

and the uppermost notch being engaged by tliepin when the end member 43 is swung `downwardly'sutliciently far to make it easy to' reier to the diiierent loose leaves without it being necessary to remove them trom the binder. l

The opposite ends and sides ot the support 'll are open, there being merely guide Vrods 53 at the sides having downwardly bent portions 54 suitably secured to the cross members l2. In this particular instance the cross members 12 are provided with sockets 55 iu which pivot the outwardly bent ends 55 ot the rods 53. Vllhus the rods 53 can be swung into position shown in solid lines in Fig. 2 or into other positions shown in dotted lilies in saidV figure. To positively hold the guides 53 in the above positions oit adjustment shown in Fig. if, the rod portions 54'at one end ot the rods are provided with outwardly projecting pins 5T adapted to selectively engage in recesses in the inner taces ot the cross members 12. rlhe members 53 are constructed'ot spring material so that when it is desired to change the position otl said guides the members 54 having the pins 5T will be pressed inwardly by the operator to release said pins from the recesses 52 and the guides will then be swung into vthe new Vpositions and the pins 5./ will be sprung into others of the recesses the guides53 is to etlect alining of the loose leaves. That is to say, all ot the leaves may be' positioned in register, as shown in solid lines in Fig 2, against one or" the guide-s 53,

The purpose of Y or some of the leaves may be ott-set from the others, as, indicated in broken lines in Fig. 2, the other guide Aserving to limit movement 'ot the ott-setv leaves away from the other leaves and to aline the oset leaves.

The foregoing description will make clear the comstruction and operation ot the invention, and the operation may be further Ordinarily the binderY tray parts will be in the positions shown in Fig. lof the drawings, that is to say, the screw 25 will be turned to a'position to hold the clamping members securely against the adjacent leaves and the end members will be in their vertical positions with reference to the support 11. lThe loose leaves, when the binder is thus closed, will be protected against dustand dirt. Assuming that the loose leaves a are ledger sheets, the credit manager of the irm employing the invention, can readily refer to any one of the ledgerpsheets, without misplacing the saine, by releasing the members 46 and swinging the ,end members 43 downwardly to seat the `uppermost notches 48 against the pins 49. Y

Vhen any ot the ledger sheets are to be removed from or inserted in the binder, the screw 25 will be turned to cause the clamping members to travel away from each other,

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thus releasing the loose leaves. In this condition the usual accounting operations can be performed. lihen the binder is thus opened any of the ledger sheets can be readily removed from or replaced in the binder, but the guides will be held in place by the rod 33. lf it is desired to offset an37 o1 the ledger sheets, as is the pactice in machine bookkeeping, such slets will be shifted edgewise into position to engage one of the guide rods 53, as in Fig. 2, and the binder may be closed with these sheets thus offset. This offsetting is customarilj.Y made to the right and is done, 'for example, in taking ott the debits and credits. Before the offsetting is done, the guide 53 on the side where the offsetting is to occur, is operated into the intermediate position shown in broken lines in Fig. 2, as has been hereinbefore described. The offsetting mayvv be effected on either side and is often done to the left to indfcate to the credit manager those accounts that are past due. It will be noted that when the screw 25 is operated i to more the nuts 19, the blocks 17 will adj ust themselves on the rod 22 and Will not be caused to bind because of the loose connections between the blocks and the nuts 19.

What is claimed is:

1. A tray binder comprising a, support having a slot, clamping means on the support, rods connected with the support and positioned beneath the slot, a block slidablyv mounted on the rods and connected with one of the clamping members, and means loosely connected with the block to move it into different positions along the rods.

2. A. tray binder comprising a support having aV slot, clamping members on the support, rods connected with the support and positioned beneath the slot, a rotatably mounted screw on the support, a nut on the screw, and means loosely connecting the nut with the clamping members.

3. A tray binder comprfsing a support,

clamping members on the support, one ot said clamping members being adjustable toward and from the other clamping member, a guide rod extending along one side ot the support and pivoted at its opposite ends to the support, and means selectivel'i,7 and positively holding the guide rod in different positions.

1. A trayv binder comprisinfr a support, a clamping member on the support, an end member hingedly connected with the clamping member, a member pivotally connected with the end member and provided with notches, an abutment connected with the clamping member to be selectively engaged by the notches, another clamping member cooperating with the iirst clamping member to clamp loose leaves therebetween, and an end member on the second clamping member.

A traybinder comprising a support, a clamping member slidably mounted on the support, means loosel)7 connected with the clamping member to move it into different positions along the support, an end member hfngedly connected with the clamping member, a second clamping member cooperating with the first mentioned clamping member to clamp loose leaves therebetween, means cooperating with the first mentioned clamp ing member and end member to hold the end member at dii'lerent angles relative to the support while the leaves are clamped, and

an end member on the second mentioned clamping member.

Signed at Los Angeles, Californla, this 14th day of August, 1924.

FRANK D. BARNHILL. PACIFIC SOUTHWEST TRUST Ss SAVINGS BANK, [1.. s] By BRUCE H. GRIGSBY,

[te Vice-President, Eecu'ora of @larmes fr?. Hadley, Deceased. 

